Source/Notes: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, George W. Bush, 2004, Bk. 1: January 1 to June 30 2004, Government Printing Office, p. 84, "Jan. 20 / Administration of George W. Bush"

Bio: George Walker Bush is an American politician and businessman who was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. The eldest son of Barbara Bush and George H. W. Bush, he was born in New Haven, Connecticut. After graduating from Yale University in 1968 and Harvard Business School in 1975, Bush worked in oil businesses.